All comment & opinion articles – Page 18
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Comment & OpinionAI slop YouTube accounts take unwatchable aim at UK grocery
Clickbait headlines and hysterical tone, most of these unconvincing accounts’ views come from bots
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Comment & OpinionThe ‘working while ill’ badge of honour and how to end it
Workplaces should embrace the army method of ‘restricted duties’ for ill people who are more likely to make mistakes, says Darren A Smith of Making Business Matter
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Comment & OpinionWhy Morrisons calling Aldi ‘attractive’ is a killer point for the CMA
The row – and consultation – is about whether Aldi and Lidl should be banned from putting clauses in property deals to stop competition opening nearby, a practice that’s been outlawed for other major supermarkets since 2010
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Comment & OpinionGrocery collabs: footballers, popstars and… criminals?
Look to the US, where Harry’s teamed up with convicted fraudster Anna Delvey for a push that took ‘a playful swipe at traditional ideas of luxury’
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Comment & OpinionSouthern Co-op’s merger must go ahead if it is to adapt and survive
Without intervention, Southern Co-op would likely not be able to continue trading in its current form, say CEO Ben Stimson and chair Janet Paraskeva
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Comment & OpinionWhy has Lidl scrapped Coupon Plus rewards in favour of Points?
Lidl says the loyalty move is based on customer feedback, but not all shoppers are convinced
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: own label competition, brewers and scaling startups
Retailers have significantly elevated the quality, consistency and positioning of own-label ranges, making them more compelling than ever before
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Comment & OpinionSouthern Co-op’s dismissal of OurCoop raises big questions
I first noticed there was a problem with Southern Co-op in early March, when staff told me they no longer supplied the 20p bags. If you are cutting costs at the sharp end, there is a problem, says Tom Blair, a former director of Southern Co-op
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Comment & OpinionWhen decisions at the top of the supply chain land at the kitchen table
As food price pressures mount, supply chain decisions are having direct and devastating consequences for the households least able to absorb them, says Vic Harper, CEO at The Bread and Butter Thing
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Southern Co-op merger latest, whisky tariffs, election promises
In the latest chapter of grocery’s very own soap opera, Southern Co-op has rejected an approach from the UK’s largest independent co-operative society, OurCoop, which appeared to offer an alternative to its proposed merger with the Co-op Group
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Comment & OpinionWe need to talk about what the right health targets are
The Health Summit is about having a grown up conversation to achieve lasting, measurable change
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Comment & OpinionTesco ad finds monstrous way to give kids healthy food
A monster chases a grape-pinching lad into the car park. Fortunately, it’s friendly
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Comment & OpinionZoe’s gut health ‘documentary’ is unchallenging viewing
Three people overhaul their diet with the help of Zoe’s app - and top team. No prizes for guessing the outcome
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Comment & OpinionGSCOP needs a revamp – a move to Defra provides the opportunity
GSCOP under Defra makes sense – we need more intervention, and those against the Defra change seem to fear that, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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Comment & OpinionNon-tobacco nicotine regulation is failing retailers – here’s how to fix it
The UK leads the world in harm reduction, but its regulary framework is letting retailers down, says Henry Ashworth, managing director of Potash Strategy
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Comment & OpinionFood safety enforcement: why ‘proportionate’ often feels like Russian roulette
Recent high-profile prosecutions show that the line between minor infringement and criminal liability is thinner than many retailers realise, says Tom McNeill, specialist food safety lawyer at BCL Solicitors
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Comment & OpinionDoes America really want a slice of the EU’s feta market?
The US trade representative took to X to say the Greek cheese’s protection ‘locks American producers out of key markets merely for using certain cheese terms’
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Comment & OpinionNew shopworker protections are a turning point for retail crime
The Crime and Policing Bill offers long-awaited protections for shopworkers, but enforcement and consistency will determine whether it makes a real difference, says Ed Woodall, CEO of the ACS
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Comment & OpinionWhy last orders were called on Pernod Ricard’s Brown-Forman merger
Pernod Ricard has nothing to show for its weeks of negotiations with the owner of Jack Daniel’s, apart from a hefty bill for transatlantic flights
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Comment & OpinionThere’s nothing funny about feeding kids ‘crap in the canteen’
Whether you remember school food fondly or with dread, the rectangular pizza and sponge cake topped with icing and sprinkles make it unlikely you’ll remember it as being particularly health-focused